The girl was part of a tour group that was walking outside the Times Square Toys 'R' Us.

Perez is charged with forcible touching in a manner injurious to a child less than 17, and second-degree harassment.

Although Times Square has ostensibly cleaned up from its lean, mean years as an epicenter of debauchery, it's suffered a recent spate of criminal behavior by the costumed characters, who have also been criticized for demanding money from witless tourists in exchange for photos.

Perez is just the latest costumed performer in Times Square to be charged with a crime.